BritManToo

KW was always too chubby to interest me, now she's too old as well.

24 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

No insurance company on planet earth will pay for someone who dives into a swimming pool

I would have thought that jumping into a swimming pool was a normal part of every holiday.

I do it, my kids do it, my friends do it. It's entirely normal and with hardly any risk.

Crossing the street, flying in an aeroplane, a boat trip, going into a bar are all far more dangerous.

Holiday insurance should cover all normal holiday activities unless they clearly state differently.

I'd take the company to court, and have a magistrate decide.

3 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I always was curious about that, especially on like the 7th floor

I thought it was to keep the ghosts out.

Just now, mogandave said:

Nice try, but only about half a million earn the minimum wage.
The hourly workers earning less than minimum are service workers like wait & bell staff that actually earn much more that minimum.

 

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Most rural adult workers (80% of the Thai population) earn less than 3000bht/month.

1/3 of the minimum wage.

1 hour ago, Benroon said:

The problem with retaining a house in the UK is, assuming you rent it out, tax forms, local council issues, questions, tenant problems from 5000 miles away etc ie just not worth it. Of course if you're not renting it then the UK winter will have a good go at destroying it.

Rent it to your local council for 5/10 years.

They will return it to you fully repaired at the end of the time.

Most local councils are looking to rent houses for this scheme.

6 hours ago, helloagain said:

Well food is so cheap 685g daddies sauce 41 baht or £1. Bisto u cant get here for months so so cheap and its double size.

Foreign imports are always more expensive.

Try comparing products locally produced in both countries.

Bisto is available in Rimping (at a price), Tesco Onion gravy powder is available in the big Tesco Lotus for 40bht/200gm tub (25% more expensive than the UK).

53 minutes ago, nontabury said:

Food is far much cheaper in the U.K

Tesco

chicken breasts, UK 3.80/kg, Thailand 117bht/kg, Thailand 20% cheaper.

pork loin steaks, UK 7.41/kg, Thailand 195bht/kg, Thailand 20% cheaper.

Pepsi, UK 1.25/2l, Thailand 38bht/2l, Thailand 27% cheaper

(I used 40bht = 1gbp in the comparison)

What food (locally available, not imports) is cheaper in the UK & Thailand?

20 minutes ago, brling said:

The usual reply from our resident Thai apologist. Hates  to think of himself as a farang, but would LOVE to be a Thai. 

I've never had any interest in being Thai, or a citizen of any other 3rd world country.

If I had a free choice, I'd choose to be American.

If I had a choice of 2nd citizenship, I'd choose 1st as British and 2nd as American.

(If there was a choice of 'EU citizen' I might have chosen dual EU/American)

I don't label people by their skin colour, so it's true I don't view myself as a 'farang', but as a Brit.

As for being an apologist, not true, I see lots of stuff wrong in Thailand, but I can live with it.

I see a lot more wrong in the UK, things I can't live with, which is why I'm here and not there.

3 hours ago, samsensam said:

and, last but not least, when i reach pensionable age i will receive a generous pension for the rest of my days.

You paid 20% of your salary to get that pension, and it will be crippled if you decide to live in Thailand after retirement.

Not to mention it's the 'least generous' pension in the EU, if not the western world.

Back to OP,

No, I never felt at risk in the UK, but then I'm usually at home by 10pm.

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

And what value can you put on genuine pride and living a life full of win win deals?

I don't know, but I do know you'll never be a Congressman or President.

20 minutes ago, StefanBBK said:

Leave it to the specialists to find out.  

You have more faith in Thai specialists than I.

8 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

If trust is not an issue,  just have a verbal agreement with her and hand over your money to her. I'm sure you will be fine. 

Good point!

6 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Most of us can't believe our luck.

If you replace your last 'l' with an 'f', I'd agree with you.

22 hours ago, Puwa said:

My wife is smart, hardworking, frugal, honest and loyal as can be, and a great mother. She's been a naturalized US citizen for 15 years and works productively in either country.

I had no qualms about buying a house in her name in Chiang Mai

 

If she's so smart, frugal, honest and hardworking in two countries, why doesn't she have the money to buy her own home in Chiang Mai?

I mean your 'my one is different' build-up was great, but then you went and spoiled it at the 'buy me house' finish.

Not knocking, just wondering.

22 hours ago, Puwa said:

When I was dating them I never felt emasculated or controlled.

That comes later after they've moved in. Step out of line and you lose your home.

Men gain nothing from getting married in the west, and risk everything they own, including their freedom.

40 minutes ago, Prissana Pescud said:

I read a Russian night club in Pattaya had underage girls employed. Before it was raided. I hope the practice has ceased.

It would be interesting to know what motivates men to want to have sex with children.

Underage girls are not necessarily children.

Pre-puberty I would agree with you is unnatural, post-puberty is a modern western social construct, and Muslims/Russians aren't part of the modern western world.

28 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That's just silly. No one would agree to genocide, but people can be educated to have less/ no children.

Only white people can be educated to have less/no children, which is still genocide, but seems to be acceptable to many.

And we've already cut down all our forests, so that would be pointless.

19 hours ago, Moon37 said:

All this last week, my gut is telling  me that I'm basically paying her to be my wife. 

But you haven't married her so she isn't entitled to anything.

And if you do marry her, she only gets 50% if you haven't written a will.

How much time have your daughters spent looking after you, since turning adult?

How much time has your wife spent looking after you?

If I were the sort to leave money, I'd divide it up like that, which would be nothing for my worthless Brit kids.

49 minutes ago, damascase said:

About quality: one of my friends has 120.000 km on his Wave, and the engine has never been opened. Only regular maintenance, nothing else. 

My kids blew a valve after 35k, cost 2k for a rebuild.

Honda claim all their scooter engines need a complete rebuild after around 50k, cost 6k

I had one Honda made it to 50k, and another made it to 75k before they needed rebuilds.

120k was a fluke.

The only upgrade I do is Michelin tires, I do prefer tires that don't dry out and crack in the heat.

1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said:

If you want to move to the UK or America they insist you speak the language.

If you want to emigrate to the UK or USA they insist you learn the language.

But none of us are emigrating here, just look in your passport, the bit where it says 'Tourist' or 'Non-Immigrant'

12 minutes ago, chrisinth said:

Not sure why people flinch at 100,000 baht worth of 'jewelry'. That's only about 2,500 British pounds (2,419.30 at this minute). A decent watch and half decent necklace covers that easily. Not sure of your buddies, but I have some that wear far more than that.

Jewellery is for girls, doubt I've ever had anything wearable that cost more than 100 GBP.

Unless you count my smartphone which as about 200 quid.

What's the point of a watch, I stopped wearing one when I had my first mobile phone.

And it does the job better than any watch ever did.

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I thought as much.

It feels like a bit of a scam really, not being able refuse permission. The operator is TRUE-H so perhaps I should ask them direct. I often get bombarded with SPAM email too. I cancel it via the STOP SPAM number and it calms down for a while. They then start up up again some weeks later. TIT, I guess ????

 

Stubby

Get your self the Oppo A3s from 7-11 for 2,700bht, it's a decent 6" notch phone, locked to True. Includes a True sim with unlimited free True phone calls and internet data for 100bht topup/month. 

Or install DataEye app on your phone which blocks all data use, unless you give permission for each request.